Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

Page 177

Critical Issues
1 9 9 9
CRITICAL ISSUES
PARLIAMENT
O F
10:00 AM-11:00 AM GOOD HOPE ARENA A Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable Future: The Challenge of the 21st Century for Religion Dr. Gerald O. Barney
The 21st century could become a very difficult path or a path to a peaceful, just, and sustainable future (see The Challenge and Opportunity of the 21st Century in the registration packet). The fundamental challenge humans face is identity and story. It is here that the world's religions, together with science, have much to contribute.
Executive Director - Millennium Institute. Author of Global 2000: Report to the President (to President Jimmy Carter) and the 1993 report to the Parliament, Global 2000 Revisited: What Shall We Do?. Formerly head of National Program, Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.68 Adolescence: The Most Vulnerable Time
Mr. Peter vanAlphen
Every youth asks three vital questions: who am I? why am I here? what can I do with my life? If these questions are not met, the young person is lost. To many of the young the world seems meaningless, and can be driven to seek the answers to these fundamental questions through drugs, promiscuous sexuality and various "subcultures". From their own experience of teaching adolescents, a group of Waldorf (Rudolf Steiner) teachers speak on the theme of how education can meet the needs of the youth.
Peter van Alphen was a Waldorf teacher for 16 years. Subsequently, as a teacher-trainer, he co-founded the Centre for Creative Education, now a vibrant Waldorf training centre in South Africa. Peter started several projects with poor township communities, providing teacher-training and the development of enriched pre- and primary schools.
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN ENGINEERING 3.60 An Interreligious and Ethical Response to the Current Economic Crisis
Dr. S. Wesley Ariarajah; Mrs. Shyamala Ariarajah; Mr. Jean-Francois Delteil
There is widespread concern about the effects of economic globalization on nations and peoples. The prevalent unemployment, exclusion, and the social effects of depression, hopelessness, and even suicide has led many to seek a viable and credible response to the economic crisis. What is a sustainable and practical inter-religious and ethical response to this crisis? Panelists will discuss their findings and proposals. Dr. S. Wesley Ariarajah is professor of Ecumenical Theology at Drew University, School of Theology. Madison, NJ, USA. Before becoming professor, he was the Director of the Dialogue Program of the World Council of Churches for over ten years.
Research Director, Kairos Global Association for an Investment Ethic, Geneva, Switzerland./
Research Director, Kairos Global Association for an Investment Ethic,
10:00 AM-11:00 AM IN ENGINEERING 1.31 Empowering Women in Muslim Society
Ms. Merve Safa Kavakci
Receiving her inspiration from Islamic sources of knowledge and guidance, Ms. Kavakci will suggest ways of empowering women both socially and culturally. She will also examine the present roles of women in various Muslim countries.
Merve Safa Kavakci was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1968. She attended Medical school for 2 years and then, because of the difficulty of observing hijab (proper Islamic dress), she moved to Dallas, Texas and graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. She memorized the Qur'an after her graduation. She was the Head of International Relations in the Welfare Party and is now
176
Jain Education Intemational 2010_03
THE
WORLD
FRIDAY, DECEMBER
S
RELIGIONS
continuing the same position with the Virtue Party. She is a member of the Turkish Parliament.
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN ENGINEERING 3.56 From Prisons to Community: Our Interreligious Challenge
Dr. Robert E. Roberts
This presentation will call for the attention of the religious community to the global situation of prisons and prisoners. The discussion will embody what the world's religious leaders need to know regarding issues of imprisonment and, using the case of prisons in the United States, will raise the issue of the significance of prisons to determine the quality of community in any country. Lastly, Dr. Roberts will submit a methodology for concrete transformation of persons and communities in the world's prison systems. This program is sponsored by the Institute for World Spirituality.
For the past ten years, Bob Roberts has been actively involved in various aspects of community building programs across the country, in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Dr. Roberts is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Executive Director of Project Return, a prison aftercare program that offers community building workshops; addiction treatment; training in conflict resolution, relationship skills, and communication; family and individual counseling: vocational counseling and job placement. Dr. Roberts has been much in demand as an instructor at workshops and conferences across the country and has been interviewed on numerous radio talk shows, including National Public Radio and has made dozens of appearances on various newscast and television talk shows on CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX, including the Ivanhoe nationally syndicated news broadcast. He currently resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
3
10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN SCIENCE 2.70
Growing in Community: How a Deeper Awareness Fosters Change in the World
Ms. Krishnapriya; Rev. Marcus C. R. Braybrooke; Br. Wayne Teasdale; Sampuran K. Khalsa; Radhe Chan; Anastasia White
Participants who have grown up in spiritual or religious communities will share their views on life in community. The panel will dialogue about the different aspects of growing up in a community and how this affected their development as people. They will discuss how this type of environment creates positive attributes that will change and impact the 21st Century.
Krishnapriya is a member of the Kashi Ashram in Florida, USA, and a student of Ma Jaya.
Marcus Braybrooke is a Trustee of the International Interfaith Centre and President of the World Congress of Faiths as well as author of several books on interfaith work and co-editor of All in Good Faith, a resource book for multifaith.
Brother Wayne Teasdale is a Christian sannyasi, or renunciate (lay monk) in the lineage of Father Bede Griffiths, O.S.B. Cam. He has a Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University, and is an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Columbia College and Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He serves on the board of directors of the Parliament of the World's Religions, writes, lectures widely, including Common Ground in the Chicago area, and gives occasional retreats. His new book is The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions. Sampuran K. Khalsa is a member Sikh Darma International.
Radhe is a member of the Kashi Ashram in Florida, USA, and is a student of Ma Jaya.
Anastasia White works with the Wilgespruit Fellowship in Johannesburg. South Africa.